Billboards Case Studies





01 Background

A billboard with the size 200 x100 feet., euqipped with 1000W HID x15 and 1500W HID x8 and the mean illuminance was 20 lx. This billboard is the front facade of the headquarter building where a international retail company locates. The top management team considers this billboard as one of the signatures of this company. The team asked to increase the illuminance to 100 lx.





02 The Challenge

This billboard is gigantic compared with ones by highways which is around 40x13 feet. Due to its huge size, the difficulty would be the unifomity and how much energy can be saved.

Original Luminaires
Luminaires Used:1000W HID x 15 pcs
Total Energy Consumed:27,000 W
Mean Illuminance:20 lx ( Suggestion:50 lx up )
Uniformity:0.15





03 The Solution

Mean Illuminance : 110 lx
Uniformity : 0.69

*ps: please note that professional tennis courts require uniformity > 0.6.
It means the uniformity of this billboard is at the same level of a professional tennis court。





04 Luminaires Used

Total Energy Consumed : 3,480 W
Mean Illuminance :110 lx ( Suggestion :50 lx up )
Uniformity : 0.69

Luminaires Used
T20N x 30 pcs:Input Energy 20W / 2,800 lm
T60N x 48 pcs:Input Energy 60W / 8,400 lm
Efficiency : 140 lm/W
Lumen Maintenance : 90% / 87,600 hrs

05 The Benefit

XLEDIAlized
Energy Saved 87 %
Cost down NTD$ 416,000/year

27,000 W → 3,480 W

Payback in 8 Months

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